Views: 86There is this adage that says, “Words once spoken cannot be taken back.”  Words have contributed a great deal to all conflicts and human destruction in history. Adolf Hitler predicted “the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe in the event of another world war”, in a speech at the Reichstag on 30 January […]

Views: 72“The Man-Eaters of Njombe” were the most prolific of the man-eaters. This pride of 15 lions claimed hundreds of lives, estimated to be as many as 1,500 lives, in southern Tanzania between 1932 and 1947. George Rushby, the British game warden charged with stopping them, wrote, ‘The renowned man-eaters of Tsavo were very small […]

Views: 78“Miracle in Cell No. 7” is a 2019 Philippine film directed by Nuel Crisostomo Naval. The film is based on the 2013 South Korean film of the same name directed by Lee Hwan-kyung. The original film was based on the real-life story of a man who was tortured and pleaded guilty under duress to […]

Views: 104There is an interesting African proverb which says, “A happy man marries the woman he loves, but a happier man loves the woman he marries.” Pondering this proverb, I realized if the African man had been Jesus, he would have said, “A happy person loves the ones who love him(her), but a happier person […]

Views: 136I cried like a baby yesterday. It was heartbreaking at the funeral of the young girl we lost recently. The question I repeatedly asked was, “What would a child, who is yet to be five years old, have done to deserve such a painful death?” I met the father on arrival and we spoke; […]

Views: 98A friend of mine posted a very disturbing video on his status. In the video, a visibly very angry man who looks like someone in his fifties, stood on the balcony of his first floor apartment shouting at someone downstairs. He then rushed into the apartment, and rushed back to the balcony holding something […]